Monthly Archives: December 2012

Tablet Keyboards, iPad Has one Nearly as good as Surface

Dec 28, 2012                                                     In an earlier post I described how I liked the Type keyboard cover for the Surface. I feel like it’s nearly a game changer since the keyboard can be flipped forward or back in less than a … Continue reading

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ToodleDo– Creating Tasks from Gmail, Another Method

Dec 24, 2012 If you’ve followed my writings or posts on ToodleDo, or taken my Video Course on using ToodleDo with MYN, then you know the way you create ToodleDo tasks from e-mail (from any e-mail system) is to forward … Continue reading

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The Best “Productivity Tablet” – Surface or iPad?

Dec 20, 2012 Tablets are great because they are easy to carry; they are quick to start up and jump right into action on. They are also easy to hold in one hand while reading. They are especially easy to … Continue reading

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Using Outlook 2013 with MYN/1MTD

Dec 17, 2012 Just a quick reminder, for those of you already migrating to the trial versions of Outlook 2013 (full versions do not come out till February probably), you can use all my Outlook 2010 instructions for setting up … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Better to Not File E-mail

Dec 14, 2012 A CBS news technology writer, Dave Johnson, just confirmed what I have been teaching for six years. It’s better to not waste time filing into multiple topic name folders. He recommends using your mail system’s instant search … Continue reading

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Syncing Outlook Tasks with ToodleDo Using gSyncit (Part-1)

Dec 12, 2012 As you probably know, in the MYN/1MTD task systems I recommend using either of two Task Servers: Outlook/Exchange and ToodleDo. Each has its own advantages; and now you can access all the advantages by using both and … Continue reading

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Part 2: Setting Up gSyncit to Sync Tasks between ToodleDo and Outlook

Dec 12, 2012 In the previous article, Part 1, I described the reasons and realities of using gSyncit to sync tasks between ToodleDo and Outlook. In this article, Part 2, I tell you how to set it up. Make sure … Continue reading

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Office 2013 Trials: It’s Time to Switch from “Preview” to “Evaluation”

Dec 8, 2012 If you downloaded the Office 13 Preview that came out in July, it’s now time to switch to the 60-day Eval version. Apparently Microsoft has stopped updating the Preview and all the new fixes are in the … Continue reading

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Use the Going Home Test to keep your Priorities under Control

Dec 7, 2012                                                                                Listing Too Many Tasks Leads to Failure Probably the number one problem with any computerized task list is that the list gets too big too fast, and then we just give up and stop using the list. … Continue reading

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Windows versus Apple, for MYN/1MTD

December 4, 2012 For the last four or five weeks in this blog and in my newsletters I have a put a lot of attention on the new Windows tablet releases, and their big impact on the MYN/1MTD systems—and I’ve … Continue reading

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